PT-2005-1950 · Symantec · Norton Antivirus+2

Isamu Noguchi · Published 2005-03-29 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-0923

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Symantec Norton AntiVirus versions 2004 and 2005 Symantec Internet Security versions 2004 and 2005 Symantec System Works versions 2004 and 2005

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in CPU consumption and system crash, by renaming a file on a network share. This is due to the SmartScan feature in the Auto-Protect module.

Recommendations For Symantec Norton AntiVirus versions 2004 and 2005, consider disabling the SmartScan feature in the Auto-Protect module as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. For Symantec Internet Security versions 2004 and 2005, consider disabling the SmartScan feature in the Auto-Protect module as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. For Symantec System Works versions 2004 and 2005, consider disabling the SmartScan feature in the Auto-Protect module as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0923

Affected Products

Internet Security

Norton Antivirus

System Works

References · 8

• http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.03.28.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0923 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013585 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013586 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/713620 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14741 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/12924 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013587 · Note